Re-views.org | Psystar says it is “definitely still shipping” its Mac clones.
Posted by Reviews in Computer, Electronics, Gadgets, Mac on 08 14th, 2008![Psystar - Mac clones](http://re-views.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/psystar-new-case.jpg "Psystar says it is \\"definitely still shipping\\" its Mac clones")
It looks like Psystar isn’t about to let a little lawsuit stop it from selling its noise-ridden, OSX-running computers, with the company now saying that it is “definitely still shipping” its Mac clones, and that it also is making its restore utilities that “enhance the computing experience” available to its customers at no extra cost. As Information Week reports, the company also recently enlisted Palo Alto-based law firm Carr & Ferrell to help it out with its current predicament. As those that follow such things may recall, they’ve not only tussled with Apple before, but won.
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read comments (0)Re-views.org | Logitech snaps up Ultimate Ears, chasing this “portable audio” market we’ve heard so much about.
Posted by Reviews in Electronics, Gadgets, HeadPhones, Portable Audio on 08 14th, 2008![Logitech snaps up Ultimate Ears](http://re-views.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/logitech-ue1.jpg "Logitech snaps up Ultimate Ears, chasing this \\"portable audio\\" market we\'ve heard so much about.")
Logitech is getting into the earbuds game, announcing today that it’s buying privately-held Ultimate Ears. Historically focusing on spendy in-ear monitors for live musicians, Ultimate Ears has recently hit the earbud game with full force, and Logitech seems to want a piece of that action. Plus the acquisition price of $34 million is like, what, profits from your last seven minutes of iPod dock sales, Logitech? Logitech and Ultimate Ears expect the deal to close in August.
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Re-views.org | Gateway P-7811 FX gaming laptop gets reviewed.
Posted by Reviews in Computer, Electronics, Gadgets on 08 14th, 2008
We already got our hands on Gateway’s new P-7811 FX gaming laptop for a brief looksee, but if you’re craving a few more details on the (relatively) bargain-priced unit, you can now hit up Laptop Magazine for a full review. While they had some of the same quibbles with the “almost garish” design, they were mightily impressed by the laptop overall, with them flat out declaring it “one of the best value-price rigs of 2008.” The site was especially impressed by the Gateway’s “beautiful high-definition display,” as well as its welcome HDMI and eSATA ports, its spacious and comfortable keyboard and, of course, some of the best 3D performance around for the price. On the downside, they found that speakers left a bit to be desired, and you don’t get a Blu-ray drive, which is becoming increasingly common even in this price range. Still, if the appearance isn’t a deal-breaker for you, it seems like this one is as solid a bet as any.
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Re-views.org | iPhone 3G reception woes unfixable? Maybe, maybe not.
Posted by Reviews in Electronics, Gadgets, iPhone on 08 14th, 2008
Support forum threads on Apple’s site and a number of ramblings across these great interwebs are starting to complain at great length about the iPhone 3G’s headlining new feature — 3G reception, that is — and pretty much every aspect of it: signal strength, call dropping, connecting to EDGE when 3G is present, the list goes on. Some smartypants analyst from financial firm Nomura thinks he has it all figured out, saying that the issues are “typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack” and suggesting that a firmware update pushed out to existing handsets is unlikely to ease the pain. We’ve been hearing that Cupertino could actually be working on just such an update at this very second, though, so this cat better get ready for the possibility that he could be eating his own words down the road. For what it’s worth, intermittent issues have been reported the world over, so this doesn’t seem to be anything to do with AT&T’s (or anyone else’s) infrastructure — and needless to say, not everyone is having issues to start. And for anyone whose iPhone 3G we just jinxed by writing this post… well, our bad.
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Re-views.org | Samsung debuts corn-based E200 Eco cellphone.
Posted by Reviews in Cell Phone, Electronics, Gadgets on 08 14th, 2008
Samsung’s new E200 Eco cellphone may not stand out very much based on its specs, which include a 1.3 megapixel camera and MP3 player functionality, but the company is hoping that folks will take notice of it for another reason: its casing is made of corn. Or, more specifically, a corn-based bioplastic, which has some drawbacks of its own but is becoming more and more commonly used these days. No word on a release ’round these parts just yet, but the phone (which also comes in packaging made from recycled materials) will be available in Europe sometime next month.
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Re-views.org | iPhone Dev Team unleashes Pwnage Tool 2.0
Posted by Reviews in Electronics, Gadgets, iPhone on 07 20th, 2008
Sort of. Pwnage Tool 2.0 can’t handle 3G iPhone SIM unlocks just yet, though jailbreaking should work just fine, and we’re also faced with the teensy little problem of the Dev Team’s server being totally destroyed by downloads already — mirror please? — but the friendly little jailbreak app has finally been unleashed upon the earth. We’d never suggest trying out software like this right out of the gate, but, um, let us know how it goes, yeah?
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Re-views.org | iPhone 3G: guts, plants, and free SMS
Posted by Reviews in Electronics, Gadgets, iPhone on 07 14th, 2008
Craziest thing, Apple apparently launched some sort of device being loosely coined as a “cellular telephone” last Friday. The darned thing makes calls, keeps track of contacts, and even receives messages — all right from your pocket! Wild, sci-fi caliber stuff, that. We’re catching up on the latest iPhone 3G buzz, and here’s what we’ve got going on at the moment:
- Jonny Gladwell, better known as the first iPhone 3G owner in the world thanks to his perfect storm of location (New Zealand) and line position (first), has been outed as a plant for New Zealand’s Yellow Pages. Turns out the guy was hired by the directory service to see if he could “survive” the brutal multi-day sitting experience using nothing but — you guessed it — the Yellow Pages to get by. Ironic that you don’t need a friggin’ Yellow Pages when you have an iPhone, isn’t it? Hmm, Jonny?
- Portelligent has sacrificed an iPhone 3G to conduct perhaps the most thorough teardown thus far, finding some incremental improvements, largely to accomodate 3G and bring the design in line with the iPod touch, while carrying over a good deal of componentry that had no reason to be upgraded. Infineon and Toshiba had big wins here in the radio and flash memory departments, respectively.
- AIM acts as a conduit for sending text messages by allowing users to add phone numbers as “buddies.” The iPhone has an AIM client. See where we’re going with this? Yep, it’s a cheesy way to avoid shelling out for a text messaging plan, if you want to go to the trouble of using AIM in place of the native SMS app.
- The plot thickens in the yellow screen issue. As we’d mentioned yesterday, Apple claims the warmer color temperature seen in the iPhone 3G was a purposeful attempt to make things prettier and sharper — but now, Ars Technica reports that forcing an update in iTunes from the 3G’s shipping firmware of 5A345 to the ever-so-slightly newer 5A347 pushes things a little bit back toward the blue end of the spectrum. So what’s it gonna be, Apple?
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